several health outcomes and find that, in general, increased openness is associated with lower rates of infant mortality and …

expectancy and lowering infant mortality. Moreover, the results show that state capacity in terms of "ability" has the largest …

malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub … the observed malnutrition and mortality outcomes. Secondly, to address unobserved but correlated factors, we exploit … the observed sound anthropometric outcomes around Lake Victoria. In contrast, high mortality rates rest upon an adverse …